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phonics

phon·ics [ fónniks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
reading method involving letter recognition: a method of teaching reading in which people learn to associate letters with the speech sounds they represent, rather than learning to recognize the whole word as a unit ( takes a singular verb )

[Late 17th century. < Greek phōnē "sound, voice"]
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